If you are a busy person then this book will help you with time management when it comes to training. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. An excellent book to help prepare for the Ironman races that includes helpful training schedules, nutrition advice, technique advice, etc. It's an incredibly comprehensive and down-to-earth training guide with a variety of training plans and suggested exercises.

Even if you have no interest in participating in such an event, the book can still provide you with beneficial information on health and training. Every season tens of thousands of amateur triathletes compete head-to-head, pushing their physical and mental strength to the limits. Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness and Mastering the Marathon: Time Efficient Training Secrets for the 40-plus Athlete (both from Lyons Press), Don has raced more than thirty Iron-distance triathlons, Ultraman, and other contests and has recorded age-group victories and course records. I would recommend it to anyone who is not a professional athlete and interested in training for an Ironman.The included training plans are a useful way to gauge how much to do early in the season when there's too much temptation to go too fast, too long, too soon. Melanie has raced 12 Iron-distance races, Ultraman, and has age group and overall victories in triathlon, running and open water swimming competitions throughout the world. It reads more as general high-level tips and a guideline for training for an Ironman, with sample training schedules for a "Just Finish", "Intermediate", and "Competitive" triathlete. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Love the way the training plans--Just Finish, Intermediate, and Competitive--are all time based rather than mileage based.

It did go through every aspect of triathlon from techniques to nutrition, but it kept all of those in a high level.The third edition of the best Ironman triathlon training book in the market, this updated volume contains time-efficient training methods that have been honed over the years and have been proved to aid anyone in achieving their athletic dreams-from beginners to experienced competitors.

After having calculated my heart rate zones more-or-less accurately, I've been going out for time-based Zone 2 runs, and they are so slow! Very specific, structured and guided tips and tricks along with a lot of stories coming from real experience makes this a must read for fitness enthusiasts. Paperback book is around 280 pages with 100 of those pages dedicated to workout plans already drawn out.

Absolutely every single aspect of the Iron competition is detailed here, but in a simple enough way that is impossible to get lost in the programs, tips and general advices. As author mentioned, this book is not meant to be "too technical" and it is indeed not very technical in nature.

I've been following the specific swim workouts in the book, which are very interval-based, and I *hope* that they are making me stronger. The third edition of the best Ironman triathlon training book in the market, this updated volume contains time-efficient training methods that have been honed over the years and have been proved to aid anyone in achieving their athletic dreams--from beginners to experienced competitors. From the start of the book it became obvious, that this wasn't a deep dive to the training science, but more of a practical guide to the training while being busy. If you've already familiar with basic training, then I recommend you select a different book to read. As I signed up for my first Ironman next year in Bolton I have no idea what I'm doing except running.Be Iron Fit contains: * The essential workouts with exercise photography * The training cycle * Core training * 30-week training programs * Effective time management * The principle of gradual adaptation * Effective heart-rate training * Proper technique * Equipment tips * Race and pre-race strategies * Mental training * Effective goal setting and race selection * Nutrition * And much more. This book acted as a second coach to me during my triathlon journey as I went from Olympic level to 70. At any rate, they certainly can't be hurting, since my previous swim workouts were kind of just "do whatever I feel like", which wasn't all that successful. I definitely understand more now and already started training in zones and time training as it's recommended in the book.